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Wed, May 1st at 2:20 pm
The pallet to firewood pest connection
F. Campbell
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At least 58 non-native wood-boring insect species have been detected in the United States since 1985; nearly all are suspected of having entered the country in crates, pallets, or other forms of packaging made of wood. And despite the far tighter regulations on wooden packaging that were put in place in 2006, some wood boring insects are bound to continue sneaking into North America.

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Thu, Jul 26th at 4:04 pm
From Oregon to Washington
L. Greenwood
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Oregon, Washington and Idaho have been doing some great outreach and education on the topic of firewood movement over the last few years. So here's a good question from that region for our advice column...

 

Dear Don't Move Firewood,

We live in So. Oregon and are going to be camping in a Washington state park later this summer. Is it okay to bring dimensional lumber scraps to use as firewood; we have some cut-up pallets and some redwood from our former deck that we'd like to bring along?

Yours,

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Fri, Jul 20th at 2:40 pm
BREAKING: Firewood movement linked to new ALB location in Ohio
L. Greenwood
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This just in! A press release from the Ohio Department of Agriculture has firmly pointed the finger at firewood movement in 2010 (before the ALB was discovered in OH, thus before the quarantine was in place) as the cause of a new location of ALB in the greater Ohio ALB infested area. Please note that the author of this press release is NOT Don't Move Firewood, it is the Ohio Department of Agriculture.

 

Ohio Department of Agriculture Announces New Discovery of Asian Longhorned Beetle in Clermont County

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Mon, Jul 16th at 3:53 pm
All about our Costume Share program
L. Greenwood
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Are you spreading the word about invasive insects at events this summer or fall? You should consider borrowing our fantastic insect costumes!

 

What? As part of our international outreach program, Don’t Move Firewood, we offer a selection of three different forest pest related costumes for use at any well attended appropriate educational opportunity.

 

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Wed, Jul 11th at 11:45 am
Wanderlust Festival and the Purple Traps
L. Greenwood
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In the second of our series of blogs from the Don't Move Firewood summer interns, Sean ponders the meaning of yoga, donuts, purple traps, and the lack of open coffee shops at 6:30am.

 

Wanderlust: Slackasana and Purple Trap Roadtrips
by Sean Mahoney

 

This past weekend did involve a road trip to the great north woods, but nothing of the Jack Kerouac or Easy Rider sort of interactions took place. Instead the day started as most road days start for our outreach crew.

 

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Tue, Jul 10th at 12:24 pm
Where do I even ask this question?
L. Greenwood
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50 states, thousands of counties, quarantines, regulations, violations, oh my! Who do you ask when you have a question that is really specific to your situation?

 

Dear Don't Move Firewood,

sun july 2nd from wind had HICKORY tree blow down, what is safe distance to move it live in lawrenceburg ky, would like to sell to B-B-Q place or like may cracker barrel want to make sure it ok.

Thanks,

Bob

 

Dear Bob,

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